Animal Health
Natural England preparing for next badger cull
Natural England have said potential applicants for badger control licenses for 2014 onwards 'should now begin to prepare information for the…
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What's changed since the horse meat scandal broke?
One year ago consumers were shocked to find out that what they thought was beef – was actually horse. The horse meat scandal gave charities a chance…
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MEPs call for measures to stop food fraud
Recent food fraud cases, including the sale of horse meat as beef, should prompt the EU to review the functioning of the food production chain, step…
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Isle of Man introduces cattle controls over BVD
The Isle of Man Department of Environment Food and Agriculture is brining forward a Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Order (BVD order) to control the…
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New livestock rules will save farmers £70m, says Paterson
Changes to livestock movement rules will save farmers and taxpayers £70 million over 10 years, Owen Paterson announced today. Speaking at the Oxford…
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No magic bullet for improving lamb production, FUW farm visit told
Improving the efficiency of lamb production was the main topic of discussion during a Farmers’ Union of Wales-organised visit to independent sheep…
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Farmer's journal entries shed light on challenge of managing Liver Fluke on sheep farms
Large numbers of sheep farmers struggled with the challenge of managing liver fluke in their sheep last autumn and winter – but a new initiative is…
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Revise feed programmes for free range hens this winter, farmers warned
With cold weather conditions threatening to inhibit the ability of free range hens to self-regulate their body temperature, nutritional experts at…
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Moonray sets the PLI standard for all genomic bulls
Cogent has topped the genomic rankings launched earlier this week by DairyCo with a wealth of young sires now featured in the stud’s updated…
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Benefits for all herds in moving to early hyopneumonia vaccination
Early vaccination of pig herds against enzootic pneumonia - as young as seven days of age - is recommended by veterinary surgeon John Hayden, who is…
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